salt-pepper(1)

NAME

salt-pepper - Tool to access a salt-api instance

SYNOPSIS

salt-pepper [opts]

DESCRIPTION

A CLI interface to a remote salt-api instance

OPTIONS

--version

show program's version number and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-c CONFIG

Configuration file location. Default is a file path in the "PEPPERRC" environment variable or ~/.pepperrc.

-v

Increment output verbosity; may be specified multiple times

-H, --debug-http

Output the HTTP request/response headers on stderr

--ignore-ssl-errors

Ignore any SSL certificate that may be encountered. Note that it is recommended to resolve certificate errors for production.

Pepper ``salt`` Options:

Mimic the ``salt`` CLI

-t TIMEOUT, --timeout=TIMEOUT

Specify wait time (in seconds) before returning control to the shell

--client=CLIENT

specify the salt-api client to use (local, local_async, runner, etc)

--json=JSON_INPUT

Enter JSON at the CLI instead of positional (text) arguments. This is useful for arguments that need complex data structures. Specifying this argument will cause positional arguments to be ignored.

--json-file=JSON_FILE

Specify file containing the JSON to be used by salt-pepper

--fail-if-incomplete

Return a failure exit code if not all minions respond. This option requires the authenticated user have access to run the `jobs.list_jobs` runner function.

Targeting Options:

Target which minions to run commands on

-E, --pcre

Target hostnames using PCRE regular expressions

-L, --list

Specify a comma delimited list of hostnames

-G, --grain

Target based on system properties

--grain-pcre

Target based on PCRE matches on system properties

-I, --pillar

Target based on pillar values

--pillar-pcre

Target based on PCRE matches on pillar values

-R, --range

Target based on range expression

-C, --compound

Target based on compound expression

-N, --nodegroup

Target based on a named nodegroup

--batch=BATCH

Authentication Options:

Authentication credentials can optionally be supplied via the environment variables: SALTAPI_URL, SALTAPI_USER, SALTAPI_PASS, SALTAPI_EAUTH.

-u SALTAPIURL, --saltapi-url=SALTAPIURL

Specify the host url. Defaults to https://localhost:8080

-a EAUTH, --auth=EAUTH, --eauth=EAUTH, --extended-auth=EAUTH

Specify the external_auth backend to authenticate against and interactively prompt for credentials

--username=USERNAME

Optional, defaults to user name. will be prompt if empty unless --non-interactive

--password=PASSWORD

Optional, but will be prompted unless --noninteractive

--token-expire=TOKEN_EXPIRE

Set eauth token expiry in seconds. Must be allowed per user. See the `token_expire_user_override` Master setting for more info.

--non-interactive

Optional, fail rather than waiting for input

-T, --make-token

Generate and save an authentication token for re-use. The token is generated and made available for the period defined in the Salt Master.

-r, --run-uri

Use an eauth token from /token and send commands through the /run URL instead of the traditional session token approach.

-x CACHE

Cache file location. Default is a file path in the "PEPPERCACHE" environment variable or ~/.peppercache.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for salt-pepper is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and salt-pepper programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info salt-pepper

should give you access to the complete manual.